Comment on France is about to pass the worst surveillance law in the EU.
Zak@lemmy.world 4 days agoBut then what’s stopping someone in France from sideloading the app and using a VPN?
The need for a phone number and SMS verification to create an account. Signal should do something about that.
There are ways around that, but the goal isn’t to stop everyone from using E2EE; it’s to make E2EE non-mainstream.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Nothing technically stops you. But if the government can prove you have been using Signal, all of a sudden you can be in a lot of trouble. This could be used for political oppression.
Zak@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I don’t think the current proposal in France sanctions individuals for using E2EE; it sanctions service providers for providing it.